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Can Christians Achieve Sinlessness in This Life?
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Originally posted by Scrawly View PostI think we all have a tendency to overlook the sin of omission: "Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins" (James 4:17). We are all, I would say continuously guilty, of such sins - and behave more like the Priest/Levite than the good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37).Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith? -Galatians 3:5
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Originally posted by Pentecost View PostI believe that seeking sinless perfection encourages intentionally seeking after holiness over and above the assumption of its impossibility. Jesus instructed people to go and sin no more, and Paul spoke of no longer being a slave to sin, but instead a slave to righteousness, assuming (as I prefer to) that Scripture is accurately recording their teachings, and that these men are trustworthy, then I see little reason to doubt the attainability of real holiness empowered by the Holy Spirit. Something that I hold in tension to this is that even as our minds are renewed, we have a heart of flesh and not of stone, and a new Spirit has been put into us, our bodies are still corrupt, and will not be restored until we receive our Heavenly bodies per 1 Corinthians 15, so some form of sin should be expected."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostI think this tension accurately reflects the tension in 1 John. John said that Christians do not go on sinning, yet that they do sin but are forgiven. I think this sort of balance between striving for perfection and reality is what John was trying to portray. Eventually, as you say, in the eschaton, it will no longer be a struggle.
6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.
8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.sigpic
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